Program Director Contact Details:
Project Management
Name: Associate Professor Indra Gunawan
Phone: indra.gunawan@adelaide.edu.au

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Teaching staff

Name: Professor Stephen Cook
BTech (UniSA), MSc (Kent, UK), GradDip (UniSA), PhD (City, UK), FIEAust, CPEng, INCOSE Fellow, NER

Short Bio: Email: stephen.cook@adelaide.edu.au

Opening Intensive:
Thursday 29th and Friday 30th June 2017
9am - 6pm
Napier, 210, Teaching Room

Closing Intensive:
Thursday 10th and Friday 11th August
9am - 6pm
Napier, 210, Teaching Room

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Explain the origins, role, and value of systems engineering and know when it would be an appropriate methodology for a project.
2	Apply systems engineering techniques to the design and management of an engineered system.
3	Demonstrate professional skills including participation in and running meetings; effective team membership and leadership; and preparation of professional-standard presentations and documentation based on templates.
4	Explain the nature of research in systems engineering and how this relates to project management research and practice.
5	Critically reflect on the competencies required to engage not only the systems engineering team but also the wider community to successfully deliver a solution to a systems challenge.

Text book:
Richard Stevens, Peter Brook, Ken Jackson and Stuart Arnold, (1998), “Systems Engineering – Coping with Complexity", Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-095085-8

There is a wide range of material on the course topic available. The following provides some additional reading guidance if you are interested in reading further on the topic.

Blanchard, Benjamin S. and Fabrycky, Wolter J., 1990, The System Design Process, C3, Systems Engineering and Analysis, Prentice Hall,
Hitchins, Derek, K., 1992, Understanding Systems, C1, Putting Systems to Work, John Wiley
Lacy, J., A., 1994, C2, Systems Engineering Activities, from: Systems Engineering Management, McGraw-Hill,
Wieringa, R., J., 1996, Systems, C2, Requirements Engineering, John Wiley
Robertson S and Robertson J, 1999, C5, Trawling for Requirements, Mastering the Requirements Process, Addison – Wesley,
Grady, J O, 1993, Structured Analysis, Structured Analysis from: System Requirements Analysis, McGraw-Hill,
DAU (Defense Acquisition University) Design Synthesis, Defense Acquisition University Press, Fort Belvoir,
The Test and Evaluation Process: excerpt from The Test and Evaluation management Guide, Defense Acquisition University Press, Fort Belvoir, 2001
NAS Systems Engineering Manual,
Sproles, Noel, 2002, Formulating Measures of Effectiveness, Systems Engineering Vol 5, No 4, (5.2) © 2002 Commonwealth of Australia. Exclusive worldwide publication rights in the article have been transferred to Wiley Periodicals
Clark, James and Johnson, James, A Primer on Logistics, webalmc.lee.army.mil/issues/MayJune02
Blanchard, Benjamin, 1998, Measures of Logistics, Chapter 2 of Logistics Engineering and Management, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall
Blanchard, Benjamin, 1991, Case Study Examples, Systems Engineering Management, John Wiley
Strengers, G, Development of Operational Concept Descriptions, Tenix Systems Division.
Kapurch, S. J. (ed), 2010, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, Diane Publishing Company
Walden, D and Roedler, G (eds), 2015, INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook: A Guide for System Life Cycle Processes and Activities, 4th Edition, John Wiley

Library Resources
The University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. Access to the Library's electronic resources.

Other resources
If you are a member of the PMI (http://www.pmi.org/Membership.aspx) you will “gain exclusive access to PMI publications and our global standards*, networking options with our chapters and online communities of practice, and leadership and volunteer opportunities. You’ll also receive discounts on certification exams and renewals, as well as our professional development offerings.” Student membership is USD$40 to join and USD$30 to renew.

* Log in to access complimentary read-only PDFs of all of PMI's published standards or take advantage of discounts on paperback editions
http://www.pmi.org/PMBOK-Guide-and-Standards/Standards-Library-of-PMI-Global-Standards.aspx

In addition the lecturer will provide additonal references throughout the course.  Of particualr note will be the Systems Enginering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) that is freely available at: http://sebokwiki.org/wiki/Guide_to_the_Systems_Engineering_Body_of_Knowledge_(SEBoK)

MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and session dates are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Learning Activities Summary

Intensive	Content	Readings	Activities
1	Introduction to Systems Engineering	Stevens Chapter 1 and 2	Report Questions Class exercise
	Requirements Engineering	Stevens Chapter 3	Report Questions Class Workshop
2	System Design	Stevens Chapter 4	Report Questions Class exercise
	Verification and Validation	Stevens Chapter 5	Report Question Class exercise
3	Systems Analysis	Stevens Chapter 11	Report Questions Class exercise
	Operational Concept Documents	Strengers, G Development of Operational Concept Descriptions (see readings)	Report Questions Class exercise
4	Engineering Specialties	Chapter 2, “The Measures of Logistics” from: Blanchard B, 1998, “Logistics Engineering and Management”; Prentice Hall	Report Questions Class exercise
	Systems Engineering Management	Stevens Chapters 6,7,8 and 13	Report Questions Class exercise

#	Assessment Task	Task Type	Length	Weight	Due Date/Week	Learning Outcomes
1	Class Participation	Individual	n/a	10%	ongoing	1, 2, 3
2	Group Presentation	Group	1000 words per group	10%	See MyUni	1, 2, 3
3	Group Assignment Report	Group	6000 per group of six students	20%	See MyUni	1, 2, 3, 5
4	Individual Assignment 1	Individual	2000 words	30%	See MyUni	1, 2, 3, 5
5	Individual Assignment 2	Individual	2000 words	30%	See MyUni	4, 5
	Total			100%

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.  

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

Appropriate use of the Internet in assignments

The purpose of this document is to assist students with appropriate use of the material they have accessed on the Internet in assignments. The Internet is a wonderful source of information and sometimes students are not aware of how to use it properly. For example, a recent case had over 70% of words copied from over 20 other sources. Furthermore, many students think this is the appropriate use of the Internet.

IT IS NOT.

Due to an increasing number of students infringing the University’s Academic Dishonesty Requirements within the Master of Applied Project Management, a more rigorous method of checking assignments is used.

There is a hierarchy of penalties, the lowest of which is the loss of some assignment marks and the student’s name being placed on the Faculty’s Academic Dishonesty Register for six months. This only occurs if I believe this occurred through error. The second level penalty is more significant which is loss of all marks for the assignment and being placed on the University’s Academic Dishonesty Register for the remainder of their time at the University. Even higher penalties can involve the University deciding the student should not graduate. This has occurred in the Master of Project Management.

Appropriate use of the Internet is to include all directly copying of sections of other reports in ‘inverted comas’, as a quotation, and note the source of the quote. To include a group of words without use of inverted commas and without noting where the words came from is an example of academic dishonesty.

Students may not be aware that the University has use of an international database called Turnitin in which all direct use of other material can be traced.

On a more positive note students need to understand the points made in any paper they access on the Internet and integrate these thoughts into their argument rather than just copying large passages. Of course this takes more work but this is what tertiary education requires and, in the end, make students into better thinkers and more able to express their ideas in their assignments.

Assessment 1: Class participation
Weighting: 10%
Due Date: ongoing
Submission Details: N/A

Task:
Attend all intensives and contribute to the exercises and the workshops conducted.

Criteria by which your assessment will be marked:
Involvement and contribution to class activities.



Assessment 2: Group Presentation
Weighting: 10%
Due Date: See Assessment Summary
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
Within the class workshops to be held during the First Intensive period, commence the systems engineering process on the designated systems engineering challenge and present your work to the class for feedback. The presentation should cover at least the following:

• Scope of the systems engineering task
• Requirements analysis based on the design brief, common knowledge of the problem domain, and your imagination that surfaces the stakeholders, system context, and at least one design scenario.
• Identification of measures of effectiveness and key technical performance measures.
• Some system requirements.
• A functional analysis of the system of interest.
• Synthesis and generation of two candidate system concepts.

Scope:
This assignment will enable you to develop functional knowledge of requirements engineering, functional analysis, and synthesis. The group will learn the value of design reviews by being able to make amendments to the presentation before submission.

Length and Presentation:
The presentation will be produced along the lines of the template supplied and the examples provided and will be presented at the end of the second day of the First Intensive.

Criteria by which your assessment will be marked:
• Application of systems engineering processes, tools and techniques
• Ability to describe your work clearly and succinctly in words and diagrams
• Evidence of systems engineering scholarship



Assessment 3: Group Assignment Report
Weighting: 20%
Due Dates: See Assessment Summary
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
As a group, develop the group presentation into a conceptual design report that covers the systems engineering process up until the identification of two candidate solutions. The report is to be structured using the template provided.

The report should cover at least the following:
• Requirements analysis and derivation of measures of effectiveness and technical performance measures
• Functional analysis
• Synthesis to create two candidate solutions
• Preliminary systems analysis of the two candidate solutions against the technical performance measures

Scope:
This report is intended to develop your systems engineering skills in the topics covered in the First Intensive so that you will be able to attempt the individual conceptual design tasks later with confidence. It is important that you work as a team, as you would in the workplace, but also that you acquire functional knowledge of each of the topic areas. It is important that this report addresses the feedback provided during the presentation.

Length and Presentation:
6000 words per group of 6 students. The report is to be structured using the template provided.

Criteria by which your assessment will be marked:
• Application of systems engineering processes, tools and techniques
• Ability to describe your work clearly and succinctly in words and diagrams
• Evidence of systems engineering scholarship and further reading




Assessment 4: Individual Assignment 1
Weighting: 30%
Due Dates: See Assessment Summary
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
This assignment is a continuation of work begun in the group assignment. The report is to be structured using the template provided and will include the group assignment (or if this is unsuitable material provided by the lecturer)

The report should cover at least the following:
• The material from group assignment improved as indicated in the feedback from the lecturer.
• A trade-off analysis to select the preferred solution from the two candidate solutions.
• A description of the preferred solution providing information on key technical performance parameters such a size, weight, endurance, performance etc.
• The outline of a verification strategy.
• A discussion on an approach for planning the next phase of the project.

Scope:
This assignment will assess your understanding of the systems engineering conceptual design process.

Length and Presentation:
2000 words. The report is to be structured using the template provided.

Criteria by which your assessment will be marked:
• Appropriate application of systems engineering processes, tools, and techniques for the later parts of the systems engineering conceptual design process
• Ability to produce a coherent and convincing design report that demonstrates a grasp of the aspects of systems engineering design covered in the course.
• Evidence of systems engineering scholarship and further reading.




Assessment 5: Individual Assignment 2
Weighting: 30%
Due Dates: See Assessment Summary
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
Write a short essay on each of the topics below
1. Examine the systems engineering research literature and discuss the degree to which systems engineering research relates to project management.
1. Reflect on the competencies required to manage an engineered systems project. Consider the leadership competencies needed to lead not only the systems engineering project team but also those required to influence the wider community to successfully deliver a solution to a systems challenge.

Scope:
This report is intended to develop your critical thinking and research skills.  It aimed at achieving the overall program outcome of producing project managers who can think deeply about project management and leadership and bring knowledge to bear from a range of disciplines

Length and Presentation:
2000 words.

Criteria by which your assessment will be marked:
• Evidence of systems engineering and project management scholarship
• Ability to construct well-reasoned arguments to support your position.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions: MyUni Learning Centre

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  Any request for an extension of time for the submission of an assignment should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine extenuating circumstances and proof, such as a doctor’s certificate, may be required.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in section 5.2 or 5.3).  Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.